LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19662, 23 August 1935, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Canadian Wheat. —Based on conditions at August 20, the Manitoba, Saskatchewan ancl Alberta wheat crop is estimated at 295,000,000 bushels.

Film Competition. Three British films have been entered for the third international cinematograph exhibition at Venice. Last year the first prize was taken by a British film.

License for Theatre Refused.— The Levin Borough Council passed a motion against the granting of a license for a second theatre in the town. The decision was made on the casting vote of the Mayor.

The Finest Pianist.—“ The finest living pianist is Rachmaninoff; I think nine out of any ten pianists would say that,” said Mr Lloyd Powell, examiner to the Associated Board, London, at his lecture-recital In Hamilton on Wednesday.

School Holidays.—Schools in the Waikato district will be closing today for the second term holidays. Primary schools re-open after a fortnight and the secondary schools will resume after an interval of three weeks.

Gold at Low Level. Gold was quoted in London on Wednesday ,at £6 19s 11 Ad (the lowest this year), the dollar at 4.98 5-16, and the franc at 75 1-8, compared with £7 0s Id, 4.98 5-1 G and 75 1-16 respectively the previous day.

Paying fop Waterloo. —“Britain is still paying interest on money borrowed to pay for the fight against Napoleon and the Battle of Waterloo,” declared Mr M. J. Savage, Leader of the Opposition, in an address at Cambridge last .evening.

Weather In Japan—“ This weather you call cold?” queried Mr K. Toyoda, a member of the Japanese Goodwill Mission, to a Waikato Times reporter yesterday morning. “Why it Is like our autmn in Japan. We get several Inches of snow in Tokyo in mid-winter time.”

A “Game’’ In Court. —In a motor collision case in the Supreme Court, Hamilton, yesterday, Mr H. T. Gillies, tlie Crown Solicitor, went to some pains to demonstrate to the jury, with the aid'of small motor vehiole models, how the accident happened. However, the witness would not agreo with MiGillies’ Interpretation of tho position of the vehicles. “Let the witness step down and play the same himself,” suggested Mr Justice Callan with a smile.

Shearing Competition.—“ Fully 70 per cent, of the townspeople have never seen a -sheep shorn, while even to the practical farmer it is fascinating to see an expert on the job,” commented the -secretary, Mr W. L. Banstead, at a meeting of the executive committee of the Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association yesterday in making a suggestion to include a sheep-shearing competition in 1935 summer show. Several members commended the proposal and the grounds committee was instructed to investigate the practicability of the suggested innovation.

Clergymen Drop Out.—Tlie British ecclesiastical authorities have appointed a special ccommission to investigate the mystery behind the disappearance every year of between JTt'ly and sixty ordained clergymen of the Church of England. These clergymen just vanish, leaving no trace behind them or any clue to tlie reason for their effacement.' Last year was the worst on record, and although no official figures were given, it is understood over 70 ordained clergymen vanished completely and none have been traced. At a recent private meeting of the ecclesiastical authorities the matter was brought to a head by a remark of one member that while English clergymen were worked to death, underpaid and more than half starved they would continue to vanish. “I know where some of these men are,” he said. Disgusted with conditions under which they are forced to live, the have removed their collars, put on another waistcoat and are selling cheap goods from door to door. Some arc in the gutter selling matches, some arc on ships, but many have sunk Lo the lowest, dregs of shame.”

Old Scottish Customs. —“All is not well with Scotland," declared Lord Tweedsmuir (formerly Mr John Buchan), in faking farewell of friends at Peebles prior io sailing for Canada lo take up tho office of Governor-Gen-eral. “ We, are losing many of our old institutions," lie continued, “and (here is a danger of a general decline in idiom and distinctive quality in our Scottish life. The only way lo counteract this peril is to preserve jealousy all these elder things which are hone of our bone and flesh of our flesh.”

Their forbears were very good at holding a pass. They could defend their own filings, and perhaps a good many other things .which did not rightly belong to them! In the words of the old mol 10, what they had they held. They were an acquisitive race, and they did not easily let go. Concluding Ills words of farewell, Lord Tweedsmuir said: “You have only to cast your eyes about Ihe world and see how many cherished beliefs arc being trampled underfoot; how men in a panic arc surrendering their freedom and following after strange tyrannical gods. Be ready, when tho need calls, In stand in Ihe pass and defend your faith, and hold il a sacred Irusl. to pass on the light which lias been given you.”

For the lasi week of a Great Sale. Hooker and Kingston's offer necessities for the home at substantial savings. Just a few items: Finlay’s Famous Sheetings, 80 inches wide, Twill Linen Finish, 4s 6d for 3s ffil vard. llorroekses Sheets, 54 x 24 vards. 12s (id for 9s lid pair: 80 x 2 3 yards, 19s fid for !5s fid pair. Cream Linen Damask Cloths, fast coloured borders, 53 x 53, for 5s fid: 54 x 70. for 7s lid. Large Coloured Towels, 4s (Id for 3s fid pair. White Damask Serviettes, (8 x 18. roc 2s ltd half-dozen. Have another look around before the Sale ends on Saturday. August 24. Hooker and Kingston. Limited, noted for Quaiitx.*

Result of Post-IVlortem. —The result of a post-mortem examination was given by Dr. J. T. Laurenson a the adjourned inquest concerning tie death of Mr Arthur Totman, of Okoroire, held at Matamata. The coroner, Mr A. J. Tong returned a verdict tliai deceased died as a result of heart disease.

Witnesses Inaudible. —Several times during the hearing of a case in the Supreme Court, Hamilton, yesterday, Mr Justice Callan had to instruct witnesses to speak up In order tha the jury could hear them. * This is a very -difficult court to hear in and the acoustic properties are had, ooserved His Honour'

Extension of Sealing. —As a result of representations made, Mr F. Lye, M.P., has been advised by the Piako County Council that the council has considered the extension of tar-sealing of the Ngatea-Waharoa highway. Proposals had already been approved by the Main Highways Board, and the council would do all in its power to extend the sealing from Morrinsville to the Mangateparu Hall.

Wellington Investment Company. — A final dividend of 2£ per cent, making a total for the year of 4$ per cent, was declared at the 49th annual general meeting of the Wellington Investment, Trustee and Agency Company, Limited. “As to prospects for the coming year,” said the chairman o directors, “the immediate outlook hi New Zealand is distinctly better than it has been for a considerable time.

Preservation of Peace. —“It seems to me that there will be no peace in the world until Britain becomes the dominating nation, as she appeals .to bo the only nation capable of maintaining peace,” stated Mr GlaytopGreene at a quarterly meeting of the Waikato Returned Soldiers’ Association last evening. “Other nations seemed to he actuated only by personal avarice.”

Hamilton Hospitality Appreciated.— At a meeting of the council of the New Zealand Pig Breeders’ Association, at Palmerston North, the chairman, Mr P. J. Russell, -commenting upon the annual meeting, stated that it had been evident by the interest which had been displayed at Hamilton that it was advantageous to hold the annual meeting at different centres. The hospitality extended had been greatly appreciated, and he moved that £5 be voted towards the cost of the catering. This was agreed to. ;

Pupils Find Employment. —In his report to the Matamata High School Committee, Mr B. M. Kibblewhite (headmaster) mentioned that during the past year 20 pupils had found positions in Matamata businesses, quite exclusive of those who had gone to work on farms. Of this total 13 had found employment since the new year. In the previous three years he -could scarcely recollect more than four or five pupils who had found positions on leaving school.

New Zealanders in Abyssinia. —The following 11 New Zealanders are serving as missionaries in Abyssinia under the auspices of the Ethiopian branch of the Sudan Interior Mission, their respective bases of operation being indicated: Mr and Mrs G. A. Roke, Homatcho; Mr and Mrs G. G. Mitchell, Daressa; Mrs Glen Cain, Addis Ababa; Mr and Mrs L. A. Davison, Addis Ababa; Miss M. A. McMillan, Marako; Miss Freda Horn, Marako; Miss E. K. Templeton, Addis Ababa; and Mr Allen Smith, Daressa.

The Farmers’ Due. —“ The farmer is entitled to the difference between the amount that he receives on the market overseas and tho amount that it takes to maintain a standard of living in equitable relationship to the Dominion’s production from all sources,” declared Mr M. J. Savage, M.P., Leader of the Opposition, speaking at Cambridge last evening. “Farmers should not he forced to carry tho economic loss which results from producing for export which is the only means available lo the whole of the people to meet their overseas obligations."

Labour & the Mortgage Legislation. —“Labour members opposed the present Mortgage Act from the beginning because they were convinced that it had been introduced for the purpose of destroying die State Advances Department, which had played such a fine part over many years in keeping rates of interest somewhere near an economic level," declared the Leader of the Opposition, Mr M. J. Savage, speaking at Cambridge last evening. “We were further of the opinion that there was no service that could not be rendered by the State Advances Department with better results to the whole of the people, including the borrowers."

Pasteurised Milk. —A .definition of pasteurised milk is contained in an Order-in-Council published in the Gazette last night, which amepds 'certain regulations under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908. The order stipulates that pasteurised milk shall be milk which has been retained at a temperature of not less than 145 deg. Fahrenheit and not more than 150 deg., for at least 30 minutes, and immediately cooled to 55 deg. and protected from recontaminalion. Milk shall not be so healed more than once and shall not be otherwise treated by heat. It shall not contain any living coliform bacillus in one-tenth of a cubic centimetre. The order also requires containers of pasteurised milk or cream to be labelled as such.